Strategic Support and Development (IT Services)

Description

The Coal Authority (the "Authority") is looking to engage a strategic supplier to provide resources and services for our support and development contract for which the procurement is expected to begin in early 2025. This notice is provided to advertise and seek responses to a series of market engagement opportunities which will in turn provide further detail and inform the planned procurement and help shape the requirements. The aim of this procurement exercise is to let a contract and find a strategic long-term partner(s) to work / collaborate with our internal digital team and business and to either wholly, or partly provide support and resources to the development and maintenance of our core strategic system. Additional information: The Authority shall be holding an early market engagement meeting via Microsoft Teams to which all interested suppliers are invited. This meeting will be held on Tuesday 17th September 2024 14:30 - 16:00 where the Authority will, give an introduction to the Authority, provide updates on the requirement; present further details on the proposed procurement and timescales; as well a short Question and Answer opportunity. This will then be followed up with further market engagement sessions on Thursday 26th September 2024 - 09:30 - 12:30 which will be held at our offices in Mansfield. This will include a site visit and further in-depth discussions around the existing operations and the future scope of services including feedback on the proposed service and procurement. The Authority invites suppliers to express their interest in this market engagement opportunity via the InBye Portal no later than 16:00 Friday 13th September 2024. To register please log on to http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/yWVlE